VOS জীবন-চরিত । together at Kidderpur and he used to call my mother ( God rest her soul l) mother He is a touchy fellow, but, I have no doubt, is ready to allow that, as a versifier, I ought to hang my hat a peg or two higher than he. My opinion of him is-that he has poetical feelings-some fancy, perhaps, imagination, but that his style is affected and consequently execrable He may improve. Tilottama seems to have created some impression on him, as you will find in his very next, poem I am glad, my dear fellow, that your domestic disconforts are gradually disappearing. I pray God to bless you and make you happy. You fully deserve to be so, for you are an honest-hearted and guileless fellow. full of enthusiasm and in some points what the world in its wisdom would call-a fool. You may rest assured that I am longing to see you. - % I am going on with Meghanad by fits and starts. Perhaps the poem will be finished by the end of the year. I am glad you like the opening lines. I must tell you, my dear fellow, that though, as a jolly Christian youth, I don't care a pin's head for Hinduism, I love the grand mythology of our ancestors. It is full of poetry A fellow with an inventive head can manufacture the most beautiful things out of it. When you get your copy of Tilottama you must send me a regular Aristotelian letter about the fable, the characters, the sentiments and the language. You must also review it in such a way (publicly) as to initiate our countrymen into the mysteries of a just and enlightened criticism.
